List of ship launches in 1740

The list of ship launches in 1740 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1740.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
7 January	Great Britain	Peter Bronsdon	Deptford	Dover	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy. [1]
21 February	India		Bombay	Louisa	Sloop	For Bengal Pilot Service. [2]
18 March	Great Britain	Richard Stacey	Portsmouth Dockyard	Prince Frederick	Third rate	For Royal Navy. [3]
3 April	Great Britain		Portsmouth Dockyard	Saint George	Second rate	For Royal Navy. [4]
15 April	Great Britain	John Barnard	Ipswich	Bideford	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy. [5]
18 April	Great Britain	Henry Bird	Plymouth Dockyard	Experiment	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy. [6]
1 May	Great Britain	John Buxton	Rotherhithe	Fox	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy. [7]
3 May	Great Britain	Robert Carter	Limehouse	Winchelsea	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.
17 May	Great Britain	James Taylor	Rotherhithe	Lyme	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy. [8]
31 May	Great Britain	Philemon Perry	Blackwall	Scarborough	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy. [9]
May	Kingdom of France		Brest	Mars	Third rate	For French Navy.
10 June	Great Britain	John Quallett	Rotherhithe	Lively	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy. [10]
1 July	Russia	Richard Ramsey	Saint Petersburg	Iupiter	Samson-class bomb vessel	For Imperial Russian Navy. [11]
1 July	Russia	Richard Ramsey	Saint Petersburg	Samson	Samson-class bomb vessel	For Imperial Russian Navy. [12]
12 August	India		Bombay	Restoration	Grab	For British East India Company. [2]
14 August	Great Britain	Henry Bird	Rotherhithe	Rose	Unrated full-rigged ship	For Royal Navy. [13]
14 August	Great Britain	Hugh Blaydes	Hull	Success	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy. [14]
26 August	Great Britain	John Buxton	Deptford	Port Mahon	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy. [15]
28 August	Great Britain	Thomas West	Deptford	Blast	Basilisk-class bomb vessel	For Royal Navy. [16]
30 August	Great Britain	Thomas Snelgrove	Limehouse	Basilisk	Basilisk-class bomb vessel	For Royal Navy. [17]
30 August	Great Britain	Elias Bird	Rotherhithe	Thunder	Basilisk-class bomb vessel	For Royal Navy. [18]
27 September	Great Britain	James Taylor	Rotherhithe	Carcass	Basilisk-class bomb vessel	For Royal Navy. [19]
24 October	Great Britain	Henry Bird	Rotherhithe	Lightning	Basilisk-class bomb vessel	For Royal Navy. [20]
25 October	Great Britain	John Quallett	Rotherhithe	Furnace	Basilisk-class bomb vessel	For Royal Navy. [21]
26 October	Kingdom of France	René Boyer and Pierre-Blaise Coulomb	Toulon	Sérieux	Third rate	For French Navy.
November	Great Britain	Perry	Blackwall	Northampton	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
11 December	Great Britain	John Pearson	King's Lynn	Bridgewater	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.
December	Great Britain		Deptford	Admiral Vernon	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [22]
December	Great Britain	Carter	Limehouse	Scarborough	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Rochefort	Apollon	Fourth rate	For French Navy.
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	Charles Bentam	Amsterdam	Burcht van Leiden	Fourth rate	For Dutch Navy. [23]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Dunkerque	Chaloupe Carcassiere	Bomb vessel	For French Navy. [24]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Jean Reynoire	Marseille	La Ferme	France-class galley	For French Navy. [25]
Unknown date	Spain			Neptuno	Third rate	For Spanish Navy. [26]
Unknown date	Denmark–Norway			Oldenborg	Fourth rate	For Dano-Norwegian Navy. [27]
Unknown date	Spain			Santiago	Brig	For Compañia de Caracas. [28]

References

1. "British Fifth Rate ship 'Dover' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
2. Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay. p. 330.
3. "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Prince Frederick' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
4. "British Second Rate ship of the line 'Saint George' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
5. "British Sixth Rate ship 'Bideford' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
6. "British Sixth Rate ship 'Experiment' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
7. "British Sixth Rate ship 'Fox' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
8. "British Sixth Rate ship 'Lyme' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
9. "British Sixth Rate ship 'Scarborough' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
10. "British Sixth Rate ship 'Lively' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
11. "Russian bomb vessel 'Iupiter' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
12. "Russian bomb vessel 'Samson' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
13. "British ship 'Rose' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
14. "British Sixth Rate ship 'Success' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
15. "British Sixth Rate ship 'Port Mahon' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
16. "British bomb vessel 'Blast' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
17. "British bomb vessel 'Basilisk' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
18. "British bomb vessel 'Thunder' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
19. "British bomb vessel 'Carcass' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
20. "British bomb vessel 'Lightning' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
21. "British bomb vessle 'Furnace' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
22. "British Merchant east indiaman 'Admiral Vernon' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
23. "Dutch Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Burch van Leiden' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
24. "French bomb vessel 'Chaloupe Carcassiere' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
25. "French galley 'La Ferme' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
26. "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'Neptuno' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
27. "Danish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Oldenborg' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
28. "Spanish Merchant brig 'Santiago' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

Ship events in 1740
Ship launches:	1735	1736	1737	1738	1739	1740	1741	1742	1743	1744	1745
Ship commissionings:	1735	1736	1737	1738	1739	1740	1741	1742	1743	1744	1745
Ship decommissionings:	1735	1736	1737	1738	1739	1740	1741	1742	1743	1744	1745
Shipwrecks:	1735	1736	1737	1738	1739	1740	1741	1742	1743	1744	1745